Force First and Last Name as Display Name

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1. ★★★★★ Andrew P. Popov

   3.0y ago

   То, что надо! Одной кнопкой изменяет для всех сразу отображаемое имя. Сразу навёл порядок.

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2. ★★★★★ Lucas

   3.5y ago

   It does what it is supposed to do. Good plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ Suki

   4.7y ago

   What is really useful is that it HIDES THE “PUBLIC DISPLAY NAME” FIELD WHEN EDITING USER NOTE: If only the “Last name” is filled in, it takes the username. This topic was modified 1 year ago by Suki.

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4. ★★★★★ emarketingclusters

   4.9y ago

   It works great with WordPress 5.8.1. Thank you!

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5. ★★★★★ lefonk

   5.5y ago

   Unfortunately it doesn’t work with new user registrations.

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6. ★★★★★ hotcooler

   6.4y ago

   Replace one hook with another Find add_action("user_register", "ffl_fix_user_display_name", 20); replace with add_action("woocommerce_created_customer", "ffl_fix_user_display_name", 20);

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7. ★★★★★ Peter-VARGA

   6.8y ago

   It is pity but it doesn’t work and apparently the developer stopped supporting it.

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8. ★★★★★ websitedeptuk

   7.2y ago

   Helpful plugin, thanks.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2024-11-13 Version 1.2.2 ENHANCEMENT: Update tested up to WordPress 6.7. ENHANCEMENT: Preparing plugin to be transferred. 1.2.2
2. 2023-03-14 Version 1.2.1 SECURITY: Added nonce to bulk “Update Existing Users” admin page to protect from CSRF vulnerability. (Thanks, @mikhail-net) 1.2.1
3. 2021-03-12 Version 1.2 ENHANCEMENT: Added ffl_display_name_order filter to allow custom code to change display name to last first. ENHANCEMENT: Tested up to WordPress 5.7. 1.2
4. 2020-08-13 Version 1.1 ENHANCEMENT: Adding support for the Paid Memberships Pro frontend member profile edit screen. ENHANCEMENT: Improving the settings page appearance. ENHANCEMENT: Tested up to WordPress 5.5. ENHANCEMENT: Added pmpro_ffl_hid 1.1
5. — Version 1.0 Change priority of the user_register hook to 20 so it will run after plugins setting first/last name etc. Let’s call this official at 1.0 .2 Added settings page to update existing users. Hiding display name dropdown on p 1.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.4 Force First and Last Name as Display Name <= 1.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2023-03-16 CVE-2023-28419 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.2 Patched in 1.2.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-03-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2024-03-13 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2024-03-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2024-03-07 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-03-06 3K+ → 2K+ down after 9 days in tier
6. 2024-02-26 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2024-02-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 6 days in tier
8. 2024-02-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Username Changer 40K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• F Force User Field Registration 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• F First name Last name 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• LH Personalised Content 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• User Role Editor 700K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• Force Regenerate Thumbnails 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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